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and was well-bred, but he was not winning until Jacobs bought him. In 1943 Jacobs purchased Stymie for $ 1,500 in a claiming race. By the end of Stymie's 7-year-long racing career which covered over 140 miles of racing, he had a lifetime earnings of $ 918,485, which was more than any other horse had
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building where he lived and raced them. He completed his formal schooling in elementary school at the age of 13; everything he knew about animal behavior and veterinary medicine was self-taught. An older friend, Charlie
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Hirsch Jacobs had a daughter, Patrice, and two sons, John and Tom. He had five brothers, Harry, Irving, Albert, Sidney, and Eugene, and four sisters, Mrs. Irene
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